Suspect in Springfield stabbing indicted on attempted murder charges

A 26-year-old Springfield man was indicted Tuesday after the stabbing last month of another Springfield man at a drive-up ATM.

Cody Hatfield is charged with attempted murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence after his indictment in Clark County Common Pleas Court.

A man reported to the Springfield Police Division that he was stabbed multiple times July 23 in the 200 block of East Leffel Lane. Officers found the man at a drive-up ATM “bleeding profusely from the right side of his torso” with four stab wounds, according to a Springfield police report.

The victim told police a man approached him at the ATM, asking for a cigarette. The victim told the man he did not have any, and the man stabbed him multiple times, the police report stated. The man then ran away from the ATM.

Hatfield was reportedly found walking through the parking lot between Big Lots and Arby’s, wearing blue jeans and no shirt. He was detained and taken to the scene of the stabbing, where the victim reportedly identified Hatfield as his assailant. Hatfield was taken to police headquarters, then booked into the Clark County Jail, where he remains held.

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